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Monday, April 16, 2018

Tuesday Cuppa Tea, Titanic China

Hello and welcome to a Tuesday Cuppa Tea remembering Titanic...the unsinkable ocean liner that sunk after hitting an iceberg on the night of April 14th thru 15th, 1912.

The famous White Star ocean liner Titanic sailed with custom designed china for first class passengers from the Royal Crown Derby pottery in England which were reissued for the centennial in 2012, so I am sharing a teacup and teapot from the Titanic china for 1st Class passengers...

I think the design is lovely...so elegant and classic. The cup and saucer is if I remember correctly 42 pounds, or about $60.

Cobh, pronounced Cove, is now a part of Cork, Ireland the main part of which is about 20 miles away, is part of the Titanic story, because it was the last port Titanic touched before heading out and ultimately colliding with the iceberg. The ship had left her birthplace, Belfast just a few days earlier. Many of the 3rd class immigrant passengers had gotten on here. We were fascinated by the remnants of those days still found in thew picturesque little town when we have been there for the day during several transatlantic cruises to England.

This is the White Star Line headquarters in Cobh about 4 blocks from where our ship was docked during our days here. The building is now a pub...notably named The Titanic...with some cases of memorabilia which was fascinating.

The little town hasn't changed much since Titanic left in 1912.

This is the Kennedy Park near the White Star offices, where many would have waited to board.

The tickets to the museum resemble passenger tickets... and there were tags with an actual passenger name attached, but I couldn't find that part of the tickets...

Cobh was called Queenstown when Titanic sailed from here in 1912, and the town has put together an interpretive and interactive exhibit called The Queenstown Experience that was wonderful. Thousands of Irish immigrants passed out of this port to try to find new lives during the potato famines and clearances. The exhibit, which is full of artifacts, life size recreations of onboard ship experiences and videos, newsreels and personal photo and memorabilia collections was a wonderful and poignant experience about how hard life was for many of the people passing through here.

The room where passengers waited to board is now an area of shops and a tea shop you enter after exiting the exhibit, one of the displays is seen here, and a link to there website is at the bottom of the post.

For some fabulous further interesting websites related to the Titanic disaster, here are:

The building was designed to reflect the Titanic, and is the same height as the ship...

Sort of a short Tuesday Cuppa Tea, but still haven't gotten computer totally restored, and we have had blinds break, garage door openers break and all sorts of time consuming appointments and things this week...oh, and we had several storm related power outages too!Well, just life needing a lot of attention, and clamouring for time...and we only have so much, don't we?!But thanks for joining me for tea. I will be joining...

Hi Ruth! My late beloved and I visited Cobh, when we toured Ireland. It was all very interesting, and I was happy to see your photos of it. Thank you for hosting your party, Ruth, even with all that's going on with your computer and your home. I hope this is a better week for you.

Hello Ruth! Happy almost Tuesday and I'm happy to be able to share an older post about How to Make a Tea Towel and a new tea tablescape A Tulip Tea with you and all your readers. :) I'm excited to read your post about Titanic china!!! I just love that time period and all the linens and silver that was used back then... just ethereal to me!

Hey Ruth .. You tea setting just down’t get any more elegant than the Titanic .... It is all such interesting information.I bet the titanic tea blend would be delicious... You always share such wonderful postings ...Thank you ...Hugs

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Hi there! I am so glad you are here! Let's have a cup of tea and talk about teacups, pretty china, afternoon tea and things we love! I am Ruth, mother of 2 grown children with their own families, and am a lifelong lover of Victoriana and taking tea...inherited from my English grandmother Emma Bridgewater...she is on the sidebar! I have been in the antiques and collectibles business since 1988 and specialize in English china, especially Shelley...something I have collected for years. You'll see a lot of it here! Can't wait to visit and share a cup of tea! My English husband and I serve the Lord Jesus, and live each day at a time. He has Parkinson's Disease, but we are thankful for each day together! 40+ years married, and hopefully lots more!